HILLSDALE — Wednesday night, the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call at 5311 East Bacon Road that led to the arrest and lodging of three individuals.

Thursday afternoon in District Court, Christopher Peter Parus, 61, of Detroit, David Allan Parus, 31, of Hillsdale and Crystal Ann Ewers, 30, of Hillsdale, were arraigned via teleconference from the Hillsdale County jail on one count each of second-degree home invasion and one count of breaking and entering a building with intent to commit larceny.

The first count carries a maximum sentence of 15 years and the second carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

Sheriff Stanley Burchardt said all three individuals acted together and were involved in the same incident. Allegedly the three individuals committed larceny inside a house that has been abandoned and unoccupied for some time.

“A relative of the house owner was driving by and seen a car in the drive that shouldn’t have been there,” said Burchardt. “They were cleaning out the place looking for metal.”

The three were also allegedly going through the barn and stealing property.

In addition to two felony charges, David Parus was also arraigned on a third charge of assault.

Hillsdale County Prosecuting Attorney Neal Brady said that Parus struck the individual who confronted him in the chest, threatened to bust out the window of his truck and eventually threw a piece of firewood at the individual.

The individual who confronted the trio blocked them in with his vehicle while waiting for officers to arrive.

Even though the three individuals allegedly acted together, Ewers told Judge Donald Sanderson during the arraignment that she never entered the buildings.

All three individuals said that they are unemployed. Christopher and David Parus said they collect disability as their income. They have been appointed public defenders and have been scheduled for examination on July 16.

At the time of arrest no bond was allowed, but during the arraignment Sanderson set bond for all three individuals at $10,000 with 10 percent allowed.